SENATE AMENDMENT

    Bill No. CS for SB 2140

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11  Senators Childers and Clary moved the following amendment:

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13         Senate Amendment (with title amendment) 

14         On page 21, between lines 9 and 10,

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17         Section 12.  Subsection (5) is added to section

18  403.088, Florida Statutes, to read:

19         403.088  Water pollution operation permits;

20  conditions.--

21         (5)(a)  A person permitted under this section shall

22  report to the department, upon discovery, any noncompliance

23  that may endanger public health or the

24  environment.  Notification shall be provided orally to the

25  department immediately after notification of appropriate local

26  health and emergency management authorities.  A written report

27  detailing the noncompliance circumstances and actions taken to

28  resolve the noncompliance also shall be provided to the

29  department within five days of discovery unless the department

30  waives the report.

31         (b)  The department may adopt rules to:

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 1         1.  Specify the circumstances of noncompliance that

 2  warrant notification, including but not limited to bypasses,

 3  upsets, violations of permitted discharge limits, and

 4  unauthorized discharges to surface or ground waters;

 5         2.  Specify the information to be included in oral and

 6  written notifications of noncompliance;

 7         3.  Specify the persons to be notified of noncompliance

 8  and the manner of notification, with consideration given to

 9  use of the statewide emergency response system;

10         4.  Specify any follow-up actions necessary to ensure

11  resolution of the noncompliance and prevention of future

12  noncompliance; and

13         5.  Otherwise carry out the purposes of this

14  subsection.

15         (c)  Until such rules are implemented, the department

16  shall notify all affected permittees about the existing

17  statewide toll-free emergency management communications system

18  and other appropriate means of reporting the instances of

19  noncompliance identified in this subsection.

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21  (Redesignate subsequent sections.)

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25  And the title is amended as follows:

26         On page 2, line 24, after the semicolon,

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29         amending s. 403.088, F.S.; requiring persons

30         holding water pollution operation permits to

31         report certain noncompliance; providing for the

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